The MVC-FD91 allows you to capture up to 60 seconds of video and audio right onto a standard 3.5" floppy disk. This is the fastest, easiest way to get video into your personal... more
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Digital camera - 10.2 Megapixel, 10.2000048828125 - Optical Zoom: 3.9 - Weight: 545 - Flash memory: CompactFlash Type I, Type II - Viewfinder: Optical Viewfinder
A review by bayantiques on Sony Mavica MVC FD91 August 15th, 2000
Author's product rating:
Picture Quality
Excellent
Range & Quality of Features
Excellent
Ease of Use
Easy
Durability
Good
Value for Money
Good
Advantages:
14 x Optical zoom lens
Disadvantages:
Still not up to 35 mm quality if printed
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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I have been a keen amateur and semi professional photographer for 30 years and have generally owned Nikon cameras but have also had an RB67 Pentax 6 x 7 and other quality cameras. About 12 months ago I purchased a Sony FD 91 digital camera. Being keen on photography, I went for the model with the best quality optical lens I could afford (£900 + vat at the time). It has the convenience of floppy disk storage which appealed as well. In practice, the quality is excellent for use on PC's but not up to photographic standards when printing. The zoom lens is 14 x optical unlike some which quote a zoom lens part of which is digital. At 14x it is equivalent to a 500mm lens on 35 mm but onlyabout 3 inch long and unlike a 500mm lens, due to its electronics, it can produce sharp pictures in low light at full zoom hand held.
10 out of 10 for features and convenience. 10 out of 10 for web site use. It looks like a camera and has most of the features as well such as spot metering, shutter speed priority, aperture priority but the one thing it has that a 35 mm camera doesnt is the ability to get rid of the rubbish without paying through the nose for developing and printing.
Advantages: easy to use, the floppy disc facility is great Disadvantages: battery life
...So we got us a sony mavica and thought we would have a go, wow, the pictures were stunning, it didn`t matter what the light was, where we were or anything, every picture was wonderful. We just couldn`t go wrong. The mavica has the ability to work out what it needs all by itself. It has seriously done wonders for us. What makes it even better is the way it stores the images straight onto floppy disc so no slow and complicated downloads from camera ...
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This is definatly an impressive camera from the second you take it out of the bag. Although It looks slightly bulky, this can be excused because it does have a very good feel to it, designed to make it easy to hold the camera and look through the 180k pixel LCD viewfinder at the same time.
Once switched on the image will apear on the viewfinder. At this point you are able to adjust colour levels, zoom up to 14x optical, or simply take your 1024 ... ...button. The 0.8 megapixel sensor guarantees high quality in your photos, and has so far not let me down! One small downside is that the images take a few seconds to save, not a big deal, but it means no you can't go snapping away! These photos are saved directly onto a Floppy disk that is loaded into the camera. This is a great medium for storing pics as it can easily be use din any PC or MAC. It also means that if you have unlimited disks, you can ...
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The MVC-FD91 allows you to capture up to 60 seconds of video and audio right onto a standard 3.5" floppy disk. This is the fastest, easiest way to get video into your personal computer, for E-Mail, Websites, or presentations, etc. MPEG Movie offers 2 settings: Presentation Mode, up to 15 sec. (320 x 240) and Video Mail Mode, up to 60 sec. (160 x 112). New High Resolution Still Images feature allows you to display still images with high quality XGA resolution (1024 x 768), which offers excellent quality for printing or sending images from your computer. New Voice Memo mode allows you to conveniently add 5 seconds of narration to a still image. Use in presentations, or slide shows to describe and demonstrate products, or personal images. Equivalent to a f37mm to 518mm zoom lens in a 35mm camera, 14x Optical Zoom Lens gives you ample flexibility to compose your pictures just the way you want. The new focus ring allows for a more accurate, professional style manual focusing. The auto macro capability allows you to get as close as one inch to your subject. Precision Color Viewfinder with 180k Pixels provides excellent viewing clarity, with increased resolution. What you see is what you get! Large, full color LCD display lets you preview or review your shots right on the camera back, with great detail and clarity. Use Built-In Intelligent Pop-Up Flash to brighten your pictures in low light conditions. Sony's the only company that lets you share your images right on the spot with anyone. Whole Disk copy lets you make a copy of your images, videos, or voice memos, right inside the camera. Need to send images over the Internet? For still images, E-mail mode reduces the size of your file to 1/4 the standard file 320 x 240 for fast Internet downloads. Take a close look at the image you're capturing by instantly freezing it on your LCD. Auto Exposure and White Balance assure correct exposure of subjects automatically. White balance automatically adjusts color for true to life images. For the best results, exposure can be manually controlled with 7 different settings. (-1.5 to +1.5 EV). Flicker Free feature will automatically eliminate any flicker in your images that is caused by certain types of lighting conditions.
